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and with both campaigns acknowledging that president obama is ahead, romney and ryan are still refusing to give any details about their tax plan. >> give me an example of a loophole you will close. >> i can tell you people at the high end, high income taxpayers will have fewer deductions and exemptions. those numbers will come down. >> right now say right now -- >> because we want to do this -- we want to this debate in the public. pe want to have this debate with congress. >> in chicago, teachers go on strike. hundreds of thousands of working families are caught with no place to send their kids. most of whom rely on schools for subsidized meals. >> this is totally unnecessary, it's avoidable and our kids do not deserve this. >> and can you hear me now? president obama struggles with an iphone at a florida phone bank. >> hold on, hold on. hold on. i can do this. i still have a blackberry. >> just 57 days to go until election day. president obama seems to have, according to gallup, at least been helped by his convention to open up a narrow lead over mitt romney. his first since july. rom
and with both campaigns acknowledging that president obama is ahead, romney and ryan are still refusing to give any details about their tax plan. >> give me an example of a loophole you will close. >> i can tell you people at the high end, high income taxpayers will have fewer deductions and exemptions. those numbers will come down. >> right now say right now -- >> because we want to do this -- we want to this debate in the public. pe want to have this debate with...
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on both sides of the aisle. a ton of hearings in this hearing today. >> julie, thank you very much. jake, let's go to you. your team is reporting on the weaponization hearing. investigating the executive branch. it's hunter biden what you see on your screen, border security, covid, the classified documents investigation, et cetera, how do you read, give us the 30,000 foot view. how do you read today's hearing, fitting into the bigger picture? >> the larger question here, hallie, there's two kind of risks here for house republicans. number one, some of the threads that this committee is pulling on are pretty obscure and obtuse. what the january 6th committee did a very good job on was they took a narrative that everybody understood and made it access to people. that's what the committee has to do. not everybody is knee deep on twitter and some of the other dark corners of the internet where conspiracy theories live. that's challenge number one. challenge number two for house republicans, people by and large care
on both sides of the aisle. a ton of hearings in this hearing today. >> julie, thank you very much. jake, let's go to you. your team is reporting on the weaponization hearing. investigating the executive branch. it's hunter biden what you see on your screen, border security, covid, the classified documents investigation, et cetera, how do you read, give us the 30,000 foot view. how do you read today's hearing, fitting into the bigger picture? >> the larger question here, hallie,...
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romney's role with bain capital and the wealth firm's practices have been a point of contention for both campaigns. if you want to sound smart today, tell your friends according to the national venture capital association, investment firms in the united states managed $176.7 billion in committed capital and generated more than $3.1 trillion in revenue in 2010. investment-backed companies also accounted for 11.9 million jobs in america. enough of the real news. let's gather around the water cooler to watch british mp ann marie morris steal the show at the commons, flailing her injured left arm and her voice growing louder and louder as she tried to heard over roaring comments. >> ann marie morris. >> thank you, mr. speaker. this government has a great record of -- given the huge success of the universe created over 25, you will support a further round of applications this order and the funding is available the the businesses, universities -- [ all shouting ] >> thank you for receiving the honorable lady on such feisty form. >> wow, she turned as orange as her dress. but let's compare that
romney's role with bain capital and the wealth firm's practices have been a point of contention for both campaigns. if you want to sound smart today, tell your friends according to the national venture capital association, investment firms in the united states managed $176.7 billion in committed capital and generated more than $3.1 trillion in revenue in 2010. investment-backed companies also accounted for 11.9 million jobs in america. enough of the real news. let's gather around the water...
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if romney wins one or finishes second in both. he is still the front-runner. >> keep watching tonight. we will all over it tonight. good talking to you both about southern strategy. and been a lot of speculation that republican race could end with a romney santorum ticket. but yesterday, mitt romney put that idea to rest. >> if you were to become the nominee of your party, sir, you would almost have to put a conservative, a real -- i know you are saying you are conservative yourself, but even to the right of you on your ticket. >> well, that would preclude of course, rick santorum. his record does not is suggest that hes that fiscal conservative chops that i have. >> alice stewart, glad to see you here in person. what about mitt romney dising your candidate as possible running mate if rick santorum rolls into tampa, second place in delegates, having the strength in the south which is the republican base. w why isn't he considered? >> we will consider mitt romney for running mate when the time comes. the mitt romney group has been
if romney wins one or finishes second in both. he is still the front-runner. >> keep watching tonight. we will all over it tonight. good talking to you both about southern strategy. and been a lot of speculation that republican race could end with a romney santorum ticket. but yesterday, mitt romney put that idea to rest. >> if you were to become the nominee of your party, sir, you would almost have to put a conservative, a real -- i know you are saying you are conservative...
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and i think we saw last week that both governor romney and president obama weren't afraid to interrupt and get involved and duke it out a little bit. i this i people like that format. candy crowley is a professional. whatever the rules are, she'll handle it well. at the end of the day, it's not about the process. it's how do we get americans back to work and out of debt. and i think that's why this debate, like the others, will favor mitt romney because the president's plans, hey, he's worked hard, they have not worked. we are $16 trillion in debt. we have joblessness over 43% -- over 8% for 43 months until this month. and doubling of gas prices, et cetera. these are the issues, and i think it's going to be the vision that mitt romney's laid out versus the record of the president. and i think that favors the governor. >> you're talking -- you're focusing on the economic issues that many of us thought were going to be the core of this campaign. at the same time, benghazi and libya and the concerns that -- >> yeah. >> -- that lindsey graham expressed. how much do you think mitt romney sh
and i think we saw last week that both governor romney and president obama weren't afraid to interrupt and get involved and duke it out a little bit. i this i people like that format. candy crowley is a professional. whatever the rules are, she'll handle it well. at the end of the day, it's not about the process. it's how do we get americans back to work and out of debt. and i think that's why this debate, like the others, will favor mitt romney because the president's plans, hey, he's worked...
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both have the same policy on syria. the difference is the romney campaign wouldn't have gone through the u.s., wouldn't have been more vocal and supported syrian opposition earlier. on the actual policies, i don't think romney has been able to make a big contrast. in the last debate where this will come to romney to make that contrast beyond just the rhetorical differences of style and attitude, which he's clearly trying to make. >> i would love to have you both back after that last debate. it will be fascinating to see how that plays out. we've got that town hall style coming up next week. thank you, gentlemen. good to see you both. >>> what did the bosses think of biden and ryan's performances? you probably guessed. anyway, here is president obama last night. >> i thought joe biden was terrific tonight. i could not be prouder of him. i thought he made a very strong case. >> as for romney, his camp says the governor called ryan and congratulated him on what he called, quote, a fantastic showing. [ male announcer ] when
both have the same policy on syria. the difference is the romney campaign wouldn't have gone through the u.s., wouldn't have been more vocal and supported syrian opposition earlier. on the actual policies, i don't think romney has been able to make a big contrast. in the last debate where this will come to romney to make that contrast beyond just the rhetorical differences of style and attitude, which he's clearly trying to make. >> i would love to have you both back after that last...
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i think if biden charges very specifically and effectively what the lies are, that both romney and ryan have been telling, based upon ryan's previous record it's going to be very difficult for ryan. that's exactly what joe biden ought to be doing. >> indeed he should. steve kornacki, professor robert reich, thank you both, gentlemen. >>> next, grab a pen. we have the latest lessons in science and history from the gop. stay with us. >> we all like pbs. i mean, i have grand kids, they love big bird and burt ander ni and so forth, but we borrow money effectively from china to make sure our kids don't have to watch advertising on pbs. my view is it makes sense to stop borrowing many and let our kids get used to corn flakes. >> sesame street was brought today by the letter "g" for grouch. the capital one cash rewards card gives you a 50% annual bonus. and everyone likes 50% more [ russian accent ] rubles. eh, eheh, eh, eh. [ brooklyn accent ] 50% more simoleons. [ western accent ] 50% more sawbucks. ♪ [ maine accent ] 50% more clams. it's a lobster, either way. [ male announcer ] the capit
i think if biden charges very specifically and effectively what the lies are, that both romney and ryan have been telling, based upon ryan's previous record it's going to be very difficult for ryan. that's exactly what joe biden ought to be doing. >> indeed he should. steve kornacki, professor robert reich, thank you both, gentlemen. >>> next, grab a pen. we have the latest lessons in science and history from the gop. stay with us. >> we all like pbs. i mean, i have grand...
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mitt romney's schedule, they're both going to iowa and new hampshire today. but they're going to crisscross and their planes may pass in the day. maybe they somewhere over south bend, indiana. you're watching our last special edition from charlotte. we'll be right back. bob... oh, hey alex. just picking up some, brochures, posters copies of my acceptance speech. great! it's always good to have a backup plan, in case i get hit by a meteor. wow, your hair looks great. didn't realize they did photoshop here. hey, good call on those mugs. can't let 'em see what you're drinking. you know, i'm glad we're both running a nice, clean race. no need to get nasty. here's your "honk if you had an affair with taylor" yard sign. looks good. [ male announcer ] fedex office. now save 50% on banners. [ male announcer ] fedex office. there are projects. and there are game-changers. those ideas that start with us rolling up our sleeves... ...and end with a new favorite room in the house. and when we can save even more on those kinds of projects... ...with advice to make them eve
mitt romney's schedule, they're both going to iowa and new hampshire today. but they're going to crisscross and their planes may pass in the day. maybe they somewhere over south bend, indiana. you're watching our last special edition from charlotte. we'll be right back. bob... oh, hey alex. just picking up some, brochures, posters copies of my acceptance speech. great! it's always good to have a backup plan, in case i get hit by a meteor. wow, your hair looks great. didn't realize they did...
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when all is said and done, both expect the race in excess of $750 million. is this -- how do people keep the morale up when they go to vote knowing they're up against this crapola of money thrown at them. >> i said this has been a progressively degenerating system over the last 30, 40 years of american life. we've seen it cycle by cycle. it has gotten worse. voters so far look at this as a process issue. it is the no yet. maybe we're at a tipping point. >> okay. >> but so far, voters have seen this, politics is dirty and corrupt, i don't care, there's a lot of money. >> i don't carry a torch for santorum although i think he ran a gutsy campaign. newt gingrich is interesting to watch. i didn't root for either of these guys but they went up against romney and his money machine. all of us watched this in florida, michigan, ohio, they weren't even in the race because of this money. money ran the primaries. >> the election is becoming -- john is right. >> this will happen in november. >> we may be getting to the curve when it start going into hyperspeed if you re
when all is said and done, both expect the race in excess of $750 million. is this -- how do people keep the morale up when they go to vote knowing they're up against this crapola of money thrown at them. >> i said this has been a progressively degenerating system over the last 30, 40 years of american life. we've seen it cycle by cycle. it has gotten worse. voters so far look at this as a process issue. it is the no yet. maybe we're at a tipping point. >> okay. >> but so far,...
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. >>> as we told you at the top of the show, president obama and mitt romney both spent memorial day thinking about those who have made the ultimate sacrifice in defense of this country. going to memorial day parades and the like. and thinking about those who came before us. if you want to sound smart today, tell your friends since the end of the united states' involvement in the vietnam war in 1973, about 7500 american soldiers have died in combat. more than 6400 u.s. service men and women have died in the wars in iraq and afghanistan alone. an additional 48,000 u.s. soldiers have been wonded in the course of those two. before '73 and vietnam, more than 58,000 americans died in that conflict. >>> enough of the real news. let's watch a certain american billionaire make a surprise cameo in a chinese tv documentary about the country's police force. watch closely. >> okay. here it is again. look at the spot shadow. look at zuckerberg with that look on his face. that was him with his then girlfriend priscilla chen. they were married about a week and a half ago. they were on vacation in s
. >>> as we told you at the top of the show, president obama and mitt romney both spent memorial day thinking about those who have made the ultimate sacrifice in defense of this country. going to memorial day parades and the like. and thinking about those who came before us. if you want to sound smart today, tell your friends since the end of the united states' involvement in the vietnam war in 1973, about 7500 american soldiers have died in combat. more than 6400 u.s. service men and...
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. >> reporter: and while they grieve here in southeast wisconsin, president obama and mitt romney both weighed in, sending their condolences as well to the victims. the officer who was shot multiple times is expected to recover. now, the sink kh religion is not affiliated at all with the muslim religion, but since 9/11, there have been a number of attacks on sikhs for people who mistakenly thought that they were muslims. reporting in oak creek, wisconsin, andy roesgen for nbc news. >>> the u.s. economy will likely be the hot topic on the campaign trail this week as president obama heads to connecticut and colorado, and mitt romney begins a multistate bus tour. meanwhile, speculation over romney's choice of a running mate continues to swirl. nbc's clair laka is live for us this morning in washington, d.c. claire, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning to you, veronica. that is right. well, those tragic shootings at the milwaukee sikh temple that we just told you about quieted the campaign for at least a day, as president obama and republican challenger mitt romney, they expresse
. >> reporter: and while they grieve here in southeast wisconsin, president obama and mitt romney both weighed in, sending their condolences as well to the victims. the officer who was shot multiple times is expected to recover. now, the sink kh religion is not affiliated at all with the muslim religion, but since 9/11, there have been a number of attacks on sikhs for people who mistakenly thought that they were muslims. reporting in oak creek, wisconsin, andy roesgen for nbc news....
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what was striking to me was a couple of things about hearing both the president and mitt romney. they both made the same case. the other guy's same old ideas have been try and are not working. the president is trying his way and it's not working and the president said what mitt romney is proposing is the same thing we saw in the decade before, alluding to the bush years on economic philosophy. in an odd way making the argument that the other guy's ideas are stale and tried before and not working. context is everything. you have a president trying to remind everybody wherever he goes. he talks about how deep the hole was and how long it's going to take and he is asking for more time while not trying to make the case that somehow things are rose petals and everything is going great, trying to look like he is in touch with what is anxiety out there. mitt romney is saying doom and gloom. it didn't work. it's not working. if you want to see the economy moving again, fire the president and hire me. >> it took the president about ten minutes to get into talking about the jobs report. mi
what was striking to me was a couple of things about hearing both the president and mitt romney. they both made the same case. the other guy's same old ideas have been try and are not working. the president is trying his way and it's not working and the president said what mitt romney is proposing is the same thing we saw in the decade before, alluding to the bush years on economic philosophy. in an odd way making the argument that the other guy's ideas are stale and tried before and not...
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both sides made misstatements in the debate. doesn't the president need a different game plan going into the next debate? >> i don't accept that the postulation that both sides misrepresented the facts. mr. romney misrepresented the facts on his medicare plan and on the president's. let me say, yes, he has to be aggressive in defining who mitt romney is. he'll use his own words. mr. 47%. i think, i think, lay out his vision in contradistinction to romney's and do so in a more aggressive way. >> i want to ask you about the enthusiasm gap particularly among latino voters. we see in our polling while the president has a huge edge in the latino vote, there's a real drop-off since 2008 when then it was 77% enthusiasm, now it is 59% in terms of hispanic americans. what you going to do to make sure people turn out? >> nare sending me all over the country. i'll be at jefferson-jackson dinner in iowa, i've been it to florida. we have surrogates all across the country. we have a grassroots campaign that has been talked about as the most a
both sides made misstatements in the debate. doesn't the president need a different game plan going into the next debate? >> i don't accept that the postulation that both sides misrepresented the facts. mr. romney misrepresented the facts on his medicare plan and on the president's. let me say, yes, he has to be aggressive in defining who mitt romney is. he'll use his own words. mr. 47%. i think, i think, lay out his vision in contradistinction to romney's and do so in a more aggressive...
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we know this was a tense exchange, both george santos and mitt romney have confirmed as much. listen to what romney said as he came off the floor last night after this speech. >> i don't know the exact words i said. he shouldn't have been there. he shouldn't be in the -- look, he's a sick puppy. he shouldn't be there. i don't think he ought to be in congress. and he certainly shouldn't be in the aisle trying to shake the hand of the president of the united states and dignitaries coming in. it is an embarrassment. >> we heard george santos called a lot of things, sick puppy is a new one i have to say from the senator and former republican nominee for president. but, lindsey, i think what is important about this is it demonstrates what a pain in the neck the george santos situation is for kevin mccarthy. he can prevent him from being on committees, he can prevent him from taking any kind of prominent role in any of the rollouts that the republican party is doing, he cannot prevent him from being a sitting member of congress and all the trappings that are afforded there. among th
we know this was a tense exchange, both george santos and mitt romney have confirmed as much. listen to what romney said as he came off the floor last night after this speech. >> i don't know the exact words i said. he shouldn't have been there. he shouldn't be in the -- look, he's a sick puppy. he shouldn't be there. i don't think he ought to be in congress. and he certainly shouldn't be in the aisle trying to shake the hand of the president of the united states and dignitaries coming...
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both mitt romney and the president were talking about a lot of things directed at women and mitt romney specifically bringing up gender equality. through the arab spring. is that something that struck you? >> it did. and i think both president obama and mr. romney see foreign policy as something that women care about. and see how we treat women in other countries and our work to encourage their education and development as being an important part of the foreign policy. obama has an extensive record on this both standing with young girls like malala who are fighting for their right to education and also empowering women in a development strategy for developing countries. >> so as we break things down to look at them from gender, the latest nbc/"wall street" poll shows while they're tied, mitt romney has a ten-point lead, the president with an eight-point lead with women, what message was the president need to get to the undecided women voters with two weeks left? >> well, i think that he continues the talk about what he's been talking about throughout the race, issues of fair pay and wom
both mitt romney and the president were talking about a lot of things directed at women and mitt romney specifically bringing up gender equality. through the arab spring. is that something that struck you? >> it did. and i think both president obama and mr. romney see foreign policy as something that women care about. and see how we treat women in other countries and our work to encourage their education and development as being an important part of the foreign policy. obama has an...
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and so does romney. >> this morning both sides are claiming victory and, indeed, everything may change in the next five days when president obama and governor romney take the stage again. but what biden did give is the president -- gave the president a path throwing his detractors off the scent and leading his best friend on the path towards victory. franklin, as the new guy at the table, i ask you first, did vice president biden get the obama campaign back in a place it wants to be? >> well, i'm not sure he got them exactly in the place where they want to be, but i think that he did help stem some of the damage. i think he made best bed wetting liberals like myself feel much better, that they had regained some of its offensive juju and weren't going to roll over why the rejuvenated romney walloped them. >> what was your assessment of paul ryan overall? we're going to get to specific sound but in terms of paul ryan and his debate skills last night, what -- how do you grade limb? >> i think what people are looking for when they are going to watch a debate like this, especially a young -
and so does romney. >> this morning both sides are claiming victory and, indeed, everything may change in the next five days when president obama and governor romney take the stage again. but what biden did give is the president -- gave the president a path throwing his detractors off the scent and leading his best friend on the path towards victory. franklin, as the new guy at the table, i ask you first, did vice president biden get the obama campaign back in a place it wants to be?...
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yesterday, rubio and mitt romney both suggesting that politics got in the way of a delicate situation. >> if you even suggest that you have an illegal immigration problem, if you're a republican, oftentimes the left will label you as anti-immigrant. this idea that this is a slam dunk issue, that it's easy, is just not true. on the one hand, we do have a significant illegal immigration problem. it has to be confronted. it has to be solved. we cannot be the only country in the world that does not enforce its immigration laws. on the other hand, we have some very compelling stories. it feels weird to deport a valedictorian who's been here since 4 years old. what the president did by ignoring the constitution, ignoring the congress makes it harder to find that balance. not to mention that it's offensive to the constitutional principles of our republic. >> he went to work on obamacare and on cap and trade and on car check and he went after all the things that he and his liberal friends have been trying to do for years. he had talked about in a campaign, remember, he was all concerned about
yesterday, rubio and mitt romney both suggesting that politics got in the way of a delicate situation. >> if you even suggest that you have an illegal immigration problem, if you're a republican, oftentimes the left will label you as anti-immigrant. this idea that this is a slam dunk issue, that it's easy, is just not true. on the one hand, we do have a significant illegal immigration problem. it has to be confronted. it has to be solved. we cannot be the only country in the world that...
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i think he's outspending romney on tv there. i think they both have a very strong ground game. sherrod brown's probably a point or two up on that as well. so i think it comes to the next two debates. it's a swing state. results will be within 1% of the national results. >> item going to hold you there. virginia will be the one that's closer. always good to have you here. thank you, sir. our monday political panel is here to kick off the week, but first, it's columbus day. you know what that means? this is the day that columbus sailed a ocean blue and did not have time for soup. the mess is closed. don't forget to check out our blog. we update it all the time now with good stuff, so visit it a lot. we'll be right back. [ male announcer ] at scottrade, you won't just find us online, you'll also find us in person, with dedicated support teams at over 500 branches nationwide. so when you call or visit, you can ask for a name you know. because personal service starts with a real person. [ rodger ] at scottrade, seven dollar trades are just the start. our support teams are nearby, re
i think he's outspending romney on tv there. i think they both have a very strong ground game. sherrod brown's probably a point or two up on that as well. so i think it comes to the next two debates. it's a swing state. results will be within 1% of the national results. >> item going to hold you there. virginia will be the one that's closer. always good to have you here. thank you, sir. our monday political panel is here to kick off the week, but first, it's columbus day. you know what...
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mitt romney wants them both gone. will the march through march push anybody to the breaking point? team obama starts hammering romney from the other side as hom me in struggles with his own party's primary. they define him as an unacceptable alternative and romney can fully fight back. john boehner butts heads can fellow republicans over billions of dollars for roads, rails and bridges. can he get the tea party base to govern? good morning from washington. it's super thursday. this is "the daily rundown." let's get to the first read of the morning. super tuesday marks the beginning of the end. it's marked the beginning of the end of every competitive campaign for the last quarter century. for now, this republican race apparently is going on. mitt romney tries desperately behind the scenes to end it. the campaign spent much of yesterday making the case that neither santorum or gingrich has a realistic shot and brought out show and tell to highlight the advantage adding it would take an act of god for one of them to go. we will get to 1144 and be the republican nominee. that got unde
mitt romney wants them both gone. will the march through march push anybody to the breaking point? team obama starts hammering romney from the other side as hom me in struggles with his own party's primary. they define him as an unacceptable alternative and romney can fully fight back. john boehner butts heads can fellow republicans over billions of dollars for roads, rails and bridges. can he get the tea party base to govern? good morning from washington. it's super thursday. this is "the...
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marco rubio and mitt romney, a name you might hear later on. to all of you, welcome to our discussion. frank, what do you make generally and now that katie has filled in the specificity of investigating the investigators? >> let me tell you why i think we're about to witness what i call a fabricated spectacle. manufactured spectacle. for an unpleasant time during my fbi career, i led internal investigations. i was joined at the hip with the doj inspector general. i reconstructed investigative results. i know a little bit about how that works. and i know you have a decision to make. you can administratively compel employees to talk to you or you can decide to go the criminal route. when you administratively compel them, they must talk to you or face possible termination. you can draw an adverse inference from their failure to talk to you. you tend to get cooperation under those circumstances. and you tend to get to the bottom of what you're getting at. when you decide to go criminal, guess what happens to those career employees. they lawyer up.
marco rubio and mitt romney, a name you might hear later on. to all of you, welcome to our discussion. frank, what do you make generally and now that katie has filled in the specificity of investigating the investigators? >> let me tell you why i think we're about to witness what i call a fabricated spectacle. manufactured spectacle. for an unpleasant time during my fbi career, i led internal investigations. i was joined at the hip with the doj inspector general. i reconstructed...
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melissa, i want to play some sound from republican senators john cornyn and mitt romney, both reacting to the lawsuit earlier this week. take a listen. >> i've never seen anything quite like this before. >> so you're skeptical they'll take it up? >> well, i think they have to decide one way or the other. but it's a -- it's a -- i think it's pretty much unprecedented. >> it's simply madness, which is the idea of supplanting the vote of the people with partisan legislators is so completely out of our national character that it's simply mad. of course the president has the right to challenge results in court, to have recounts. but this effort to subvert the vote of the people is dangerous and destructive to the cause of our democracy. >> melissa, i want you to pick up on what senator romney said there about this being destruct alternative the state of democracy. what do you make of the ruling and what do you make of that assessment? >> the ruling was a pretty unequivocal rebuke of the trump campaign. the court said very quickly that this case shouldn't even have been in federal court beca
melissa, i want to play some sound from republican senators john cornyn and mitt romney, both reacting to the lawsuit earlier this week. take a listen. >> i've never seen anything quite like this before. >> so you're skeptical they'll take it up? >> well, i think they have to decide one way or the other. but it's a -- it's a -- i think it's pretty much unprecedented. >> it's simply madness, which is the idea of supplanting the vote of the people with partisan legislators...
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when you have someone like romney who has been switching sides so much, you just go, wow, both sides of your mouth must be exhausted. but i think it's the comedian job to cut through it because when you dance around the word lie, chris, like you said, regular folks don't dance around the word "lie." when they hear it, they are like, that's a lie. i was hosting 400 people in a room watching the debate and we were having -- with comics and when romney threw out that the president is taking away 716 -- and the president just sat there, the audience audibly went, whoa, dude, speak up. like they were yelling and they were so mad. >> here's an example of somebody being perhaps more broadly. snl lampooned by debating style. let's watch. >> one thing president obama, why was he letting governor romney talk? forgot the first rule of debating. always be interrupting? a point to make up for it by screaming at people. that's how you win a debate. >> chris, i don't know about that. >> you're wrong. the debate is over. i win. >> nia, you're on this program all the time. come on, is that me? >> you
when you have someone like romney who has been switching sides so much, you just go, wow, both sides of your mouth must be exhausted. but i think it's the comedian job to cut through it because when you dance around the word lie, chris, like you said, regular folks don't dance around the word "lie." when they hear it, they are like, that's a lie. i was hosting 400 people in a room watching the debate and we were having -- with comics and when romney threw out that the president is...
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let's talk about that, some of the key moments for both barack obama and mitt romney. let's play -- >> okay. go ahead. >> play president obama's basic message. >> said it before and i will say it again, there has to be some balance. all of us have to do our fair share. able. >> how did that poll? >> that fairness all of his fairness arguments and balance arguments polls really well across the board even with republicans. but very well with independents and, of course, not surprising with democrats. and again, when we tested these phrases, we did so without attribution, didn't say it was president obama or mitt romney all taken from the speeches they gave to the newspaper editors a couple weeks ago. those where is his best and it polled better than all of the romney quotes that we polled. both polled pretty well but the president's where is better across the board on the fairness argument, andrea. >> but what happens when we listen to this comment from president obama, again, the people questioned were not told who had made this comment. >> right. >> and this is sort of
let's talk about that, some of the key moments for both barack obama and mitt romney. let's play -- >> okay. go ahead. >> play president obama's basic message. >> said it before and i will say it again, there has to be some balance. all of us have to do our fair share. able. >> how did that poll? >> that fairness all of his fairness arguments and balance arguments polls really well across the board even with republicans. but very well with independents and, of...
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both of them have been widely discredited and yet the romney people will still run the welfare achlt and the obama am campaign not taking any responsibility for the priorities ad. of course, the priorities ad ran by an outside group. they have called on the ad that were considered to be run months ago. one ad brought up jeremiah wright and romney went ahead and denounced that ad. you see at this point not a lot of responsibility, nobody wanting to take any kind of responsibility for these things, perfectly willing to let the mud fall wherever it goes. >> it seems as if iowa is right there with the four cities in the top ten. is this going to be the mantra as we move forward about iowa, iowa, iowa? >> well, right now it is and it certainly tells you which is a big swing state. iowa now, new hampshire this weekend. paul ryan is going to be in florida talking about and going to be asked about medicare. so iowa, very important. president is there today. he's talking about the wind tax credit as well which mitt romney is against and republican governor in the state is for that. we're hear
both of them have been widely discredited and yet the romney people will still run the welfare achlt and the obama am campaign not taking any responsibility for the priorities ad. of course, the priorities ad ran by an outside group. they have called on the ad that were considered to be run months ago. one ad brought up jeremiah wright and romney went ahead and denounced that ad. you see at this point not a lot of responsibility, nobody wanting to take any kind of responsibility for these...
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romney. gabby, let me start with you, because you report that the original title of ralph reed's book was going to be called "render to god and trump," which is a reference to folks who grew up spending a fair a time in the baptist church, that's a reference to matthew. in the bible it says render to caesar the things that are caesar's and to god the things that are gods. what is the significance of that verse in particular? >> well, that's the basis of the entire argument that ralph reed is trying to make in this book. as you mentioned, he is supposed to be persuasively argue that voters who supported trump in 2016 have a moral obligation to do that again. the bible verse says to render unto caesar what is caesar's and to god what is god's. this is basically the natural step that we could have expected just based on what we've seen from evangelical leaders who have supported this president so far. they have spent the past 2 1/2 years equating him with biblical figures and saying that he is d
romney. gabby, let me start with you, because you report that the original title of ralph reed's book was going to be called "render to god and trump," which is a reference to folks who grew up spending a fair a time in the baptist church, that's a reference to matthew. in the bible it says render to caesar the things that are caesar's and to god the things that are gods. what is the significance of that verse in particular? >> well, that's the basis of the entire argument that...
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it's cobbling a number of things together and including things obama and romney both agree on. >> but it is a number, a plan he has talked about. unfortunately, we are out of time, congressman. thank you so much. >> president obama claims $3 trillion of that number himself, so does president obama have a $3 trillion plan to cut taxes? he doesn't want to go around talking about it a whole lot. >> former congressman arch davis, thank you so much. >>> federal authorities have launched a criminal probe into a company hired by republicans. after looking at dozens of suspicious forms there's enough evidence indicating a crime may have been committed. the republican national committee fired strategic allied consulting last week after several counties reported questionable forms across southern florida. ♪ these are... [ male announcer ] marie callender's puts everything you've grown to love about sunday dinner into each of her pot pies. tender white meat chicken and vegetables in a crust made from scratch. marie callender's. it's time to savor. >>> to politics now where, did anybody think "
it's cobbling a number of things together and including things obama and romney both agree on. >> but it is a number, a plan he has talked about. unfortunately, we are out of time, congressman. thank you so much. >> president obama claims $3 trillion of that number himself, so does president obama have a $3 trillion plan to cut taxes? he doesn't want to go around talking about it a whole lot. >> former congressman arch davis, thank you so much. >>> federal authorities...
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thank you both so very much. >>> coming up, the mitts are off. what's behind utah republican senator mitt romney's liberation from the party line as he becomes one of the president's most vocal critics? vocal critis day 23. i'm about to capture proof of the ivory billed woodpecker. what??? no, no no no no. battery power runs out. lifetime retirement income from tiaa doesn't. guaranteed monthly income for life. nooooo! guaranteed monthly income for life. their medicare options...ere people go to learn about before they're on medicare. come on in. you're turning 65 soon? yep. and you're retiring at 67? that's the plan! well, you've come to the right place. it's also a great time to learn about an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. here's why... medicare part b doesn't pay for everything. only about 80% of your medical costs. this part is up to you... yeah, everyone's a little surprised to learn that one. a medicare supplement plan helps pay for some of what medicare doesn't. that could help cut d
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four years ago, president obama and mitt romney were both at 60% in voter enthusiasm. in the final stretch of the campaign, both clinton and trump are trying to drive up each other's negatives. in other words, this is what scorched earth looks like. today trump tweeted, look at the way crooked hillary is handling the e-mail case and the total mess she's in. she's unfit to be president. bad judgment. over the past few days, trump has knocked her as a liar, a threat to our democracy, even a threat to world peace. let's watch him. >> she is a terrible example for my son and for the children in this country. hillary clinton is a dishonest person. i will continue to address and expose the criminal corruption of hillary clinton and its threat to the survival of our democracy. this is the biggest scandal since watergate. the investigation will last for years, the trial will probably start, nothing will get done. her election would mire our government and our country in a constitutional crisis that we cannot afford. putin can't stand her, doesn't respect her. it's a nuclear co
four years ago, president obama and mitt romney were both at 60% in voter enthusiasm. in the final stretch of the campaign, both clinton and trump are trying to drive up each other's negatives. in other words, this is what scorched earth looks like. today trump tweeted, look at the way crooked hillary is handling the e-mail case and the total mess she's in. she's unfit to be president. bad judgment. over the past few days, trump has knocked her as a liar, a threat to our democracy, even a...
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romney is an optimistic guy. he will be better for himself if he focuses on optimism. >> talk about strength. >> the republican strategist talks about this all the time. the moments that matter are moments where you do something to show that you're a strong leader and either by implication or a frontal attack the other person is not as strong. reagan and clinton are masters of this, through their demeanor, ceasing the moment, it will be played over and over again of strength, not weakness. >> my real prickish question, a difficult one. the alien from abroad, and he looked at it and said, who is that guy? and he said, it's romney. it seems to be out of the normal conduct of people thaw meet. it seems odd. >> all of the polls have said two to one that they expect obama to outperform romney. so in that sense if he gets up there on the stage and realizes that he's not an alien, looks like he has a pulse -- >> if you went to mitt romney's rally this week compared to february, you would see no appreciable performance.
romney is an optimistic guy. he will be better for himself if he focuses on optimism. >> talk about strength. >> the republican strategist talks about this all the time. the moments that matter are moments where you do something to show that you're a strong leader and either by implication or a frontal attack the other person is not as strong. reagan and clinton are masters of this, through their demeanor, ceasing the moment, it will be played over and over again of strength, not...
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these guys and the president and mitt romney both have admitted they've been in that box where they say things in private that when get exposed puts them in an awkward position whether it's gods and guns in 2008 or the 47% today. i think right now what he's trying to do, and i think rather effectively, is to contextualize that comment -- >> how is that different than etch-a-sketch? it's like my words don't mean anything 24 hours later. >> how long have you been doing campaigns and politics? when you get to general elections there's -- >> everything you say shouldn't be in disappearing ink. that's what it is, disappearing ink. >> it's not disappearing ink. >> i call it newt romney. michael steele, thank you. cindy tucker, have a nice weekend. we'll be enjoying that 7.8% unemployment rate. i'm sure you'll be celebrating it. thank you. by the way, they're talking about cutting for big bird. that's not going very well. wait until you hear what rick santorum wants to do with big bird. you can guess. this is "hardball." he wants to home school big bird, i guess. anyway, this is "hardball," th
these guys and the president and mitt romney both have admitted they've been in that box where they say things in private that when get exposed puts them in an awkward position whether it's gods and guns in 2008 or the 47% today. i think right now what he's trying to do, and i think rather effectively, is to contextualize that comment -- >> how is that different than etch-a-sketch? it's like my words don't mean anything 24 hours later. >> how long have you been doing campaigns and...
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both sides said it. now there is an argument over what the facts are. when we talk about bipartisanship, how do you reach compromise? >> it's a fund mental problem for sure. also a problem when you have politicians who, frankly, have taken centrist positions, lot of positions. if you're going out there as mitt romney did and say, i am the bipartisan healer. i can find compromise, you cannot. you have to talk, communicate in ways that suggest you will do that. it's not enough to say, i'm strong, i'm a leader. you have to be reasonable in that debate. for him to say when the numbers come down they are outrageous. if the numbers are high, that's cool. that leaves you no room to find middle ground. you're poisoning the well for the next time you're in government and in office. that's the danger we have here. it's all short-term. everything we have seen especially from the romney campaign is about the group of people he's with at that time. he's a moderate guy in a debate talking to other people. the next day or with donors it's whatever you need. nos prague
both sides said it. now there is an argument over what the facts are. when we talk about bipartisanship, how do you reach compromise? >> it's a fund mental problem for sure. also a problem when you have politicians who, frankly, have taken centrist positions, lot of positions. if you're going out there as mitt romney did and say, i am the bipartisan healer. i can find compromise, you cannot. you have to talk, communicate in ways that suggest you will do that. it's not enough to say, i'm...
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they're trying to play both sides. they only strengthen donald trump's hand. >> the only republicans who have been consistent and stayed with the criticism of donald trump is liz cheney, mitt romney and a couple of others and that's about it. even mitch mcconnell said he would support trump again were he to be the gop nominee in 2024. vaughn, the pence part of this is the politics of it. look, there is a right and wrong about whether or not he should be testifying. what's the political play here? if you're pence, you're closely associated with trump and trying not to criticize him too much. does pence not understand that trump's die hard supporters will never forgive him for standing up to trump on january 6th? who's actually going to vote for him? >> that's a question we're going to be continuing to ask over the next 11 months. when you talk about pence, in his book he outlines that leaving the oval office one day just before january 6th, he turned to the then-president and said outside of your family, there's been no
they're trying to play both sides. they only strengthen donald trump's hand. >> the only republicans who have been consistent and stayed with the criticism of donald trump is liz cheney, mitt romney and a couple of others and that's about it. even mitch mcconnell said he would support trump again were he to be the gop nominee in 2024. vaughn, the pence part of this is the politics of it. look, there is a right and wrong about whether or not he should be testifying. what's the political...
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a war of words with mitt romney firing back and criticized romney's economic policies and both accusinging the oth inthe losing touch with the other. >> john edwards say a mysterious medical condition will make it hard to be at a criminal trial. we will have details on that unusual request. midnight madness. shoppers ripping the doors off stores and trampling each other. one person even fired a shotgun to get at the shoes. i'm craig melvin for tamron hall. "news nation" following breaking news now in the battle over the payroll tax cut extension. president obama held a briefing a short time ago after sounding the bill and gave instructions to congress for what to do next. >> when congress returns, i urge them to keep working without drama, without delay, to reach an agreement is that extends this tax cut as well as unemployment insurance through all of 2012. >> after weeks of partisan bickering it took the house and senate minutes to extend the cut for two months. harry reid named the four senators who will work with the house to come up with the long-term plan. senators cardin, casey, bal
a war of words with mitt romney firing back and criticized romney's economic policies and both accusinging the oth inthe losing touch with the other. >> john edwards say a mysterious medical condition will make it hard to be at a criminal trial. we will have details on that unusual request. midnight madness. shoppers ripping the doors off stores and trampling each other. one person even fired a shotgun to get at the shoes. i'm craig melvin for tamron hall. "news nation"...
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in much the same way light is both a particle and wave, mitt romney is both a moderate and conservative depending on the situation. it is not that he is one or the other, he is both at the same time. it's actually -- that's not even the funniest. obviously, that's using physics to describe mitt romney. but at a certain point, he has to lay down the law and say this is what i believe and this is what i don't believe. >> a lot of it comes down to whether you're any good at this as a politician. this is sort of the lil' wayne theory of politicking where he says i got so many styles i am a group. like he's so good at so many different styles that it worked. >> i can't even take that debate on. >> i think that bill clinton and barack obama and often george w. bush were very good at showing different aspects of themselves while maintaining a core type of authenticity that appealed to supporters. mitt romney tries a lot of different things and none feel real. >> he is both romney and anti romney at the same time. coming up, rick santorum renews his defiant stance against the growing chorus cal
in much the same way light is both a particle and wave, mitt romney is both a moderate and conservative depending on the situation. it is not that he is one or the other, he is both at the same time. it's actually -- that's not even the funniest. obviously, that's using physics to describe mitt romney. but at a certain point, he has to lay down the law and say this is what i believe and this is what i don't believe. >> a lot of it comes down to whether you're any good at this as a...
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it focuses on key turning points in both candidates' political careers such as mitt romney's disastrous perform nents 1994 debate with ted kennedy and president obama's loss to bobby rush in 2000. >> the debate was watched by over 3 million people. as many people as watched a super bowl in massachusetts. romney had these expectations that he was going to win up to here, and suddenly kennedy's up to here and romney's here. the race is over. >> in the end voters decided to stick with bobby rush by a huge, huge, huge margin. it was a very bruising loss for him. >> actress stacy dash, best known nor role in the '90s film "clueless" is endorsing mitt romney. she said, quote, vote for romney, the only choice for your future. those are the things we just thought you should know. [ male announcer ] unitedhealthcare wants to know "what do you want from a medicare plan?" i just want a company that helps me get the most out of my healthcare. i want it to be simple. one plan. one card to carry. i want lower copays... and i want my drugs covered. [ male announcer ] say "hello" to more of what you wa
it focuses on key turning points in both candidates' political careers such as mitt romney's disastrous perform nents 1994 debate with ted kennedy and president obama's loss to bobby rush in 2000. >> the debate was watched by over 3 million people. as many people as watched a super bowl in massachusetts. romney had these expectations that he was going to win up to here, and suddenly kennedy's up to here and romney's here. the race is over. >> in the end voters decided to stick with...
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the stakes for both president obama and mitt romney are big. but obviously bigger for mitt romney because he's had a bad couple of weeks and i think there is more pressure on him at this point to do something that changes the nature of the debate, changes the nature of the race, gives people an opportunity to take a fresh look at him and i think that's what he'll be trying to do tonight. >> what do you think the winning strategies are? your second question. the winning strategies for each side. >> the winning strategy for governor romney is to do two things which are not easily done together. one is to be pretty aggressive on the president, to go after him, to attack him in ways that he's not been able to do because they've never been face to face. at the same time he needs to come across as likable. he's got a deficit on that issue and has to do those together. that's not easy as one of the republican strategists i talked to said to me. no pressure. he's got to do all these things at once. for president obama he's getting a lot of advice. don'
the stakes for both president obama and mitt romney are big. but obviously bigger for mitt romney because he's had a bad couple of weeks and i think there is more pressure on him at this point to do something that changes the nature of the debate, changes the nature of the race, gives people an opportunity to take a fresh look at him and i think that's what he'll be trying to do tonight. >> what do you think the winning strategies are? your second question. the winning strategies for each...
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on both sides. look, last week, even during the presidential debate between president obama and mitt romney, the obama campaign tried to push on twitter the idea that mitt romney was being inappropriately testy. they tried so hard to push the testy mitt idea. they tried so hard to make that into a thing that people should feel about that debate. >> he got testy about it. he got testy about being on defense. i think that came across to the american people. >> a testy governor romney who spent the entire time on defense. >> i think for some folks at home it probably came across a little testy. >> yeah, no. nice try. i mean, maybe mitt romney was testy, at the presidential debate, and maybe joe biden did laugh in paul ryan's face all night at the vice presidential debate. but that is in part because these guys, mitt romney and joe biden, were pumped and they were pumped because they were obviously winning their debates. and complaining about that does not change that. but the other person who was pumpe
on both sides. look, last week, even during the presidential debate between president obama and mitt romney, the obama campaign tried to push on twitter the idea that mitt romney was being inappropriately testy. they tried so hard to push the testy mitt idea. they tried so hard to make that into a thing that people should feel about that debate. >> he got testy about it. he got testy about being on defense. i think that came across to the american people. >> a testy governor romney...
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this morning, both candidates begin the day with stops in virginia. from there it'sn n tn t on to the president while mitt romney heads to florida. this morning's jobs report will set the tone. we'll have them live for you on "morning joe." it's the second to last jobs report before the november election. economists expecting about 113,000 jobs added. the unemployment rate to hover around the current 8.1%. after wednesday night's debate, which drew more than 70 million viewers, large crowds awaited both candidates on the trail. president obama greeted by 30,000 in madison, wisconsin, came out ready to fight back and showed the fire he was lacking in denver. >> when i got on the stage, i met this very spirited fellow who claimed to be mitt romney. but i know it couldn't have been mitt romney because the real mitt romney's been running around the country for the last year promising $5 trillion in tax cuts that favor the wealthy. yet, the fellow on the stage last night, who looked like mitt romney, said he did not know anything about that. but i just wan
this morning, both candidates begin the day with stops in virginia. from there it'sn n tn t on to the president while mitt romney heads to florida. this morning's jobs report will set the tone. we'll have them live for you on "morning joe." it's the second to last jobs report before the november election. economists expecting about 113,000 jobs added. the unemployment rate to hover around the current 8.1%. after wednesday night's debate, which drew more than 70 million viewers, large...
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. >> reporter: responding to that gop criticism, president trump excoriated mitt romney on twitter with belittling tweets, but he has not done the same for ben sasse and susan collins, at least not yet, and that may be because both are up for re-election and hitting them could actually help democrats. ayman. >> our thanks to kelly o'donnell for that report. >> republican senator ron johnson thought he was helping the president when he told "the wall street journal" the u.s. ambassador to the european union described in august an arrangement involving military aid to ukraine. according to the journal, he said they told him ukraine would appoint a strong prosecutor general and move to get to the bottom of what happened in 2016. if president trump has that confidence, then he'll release the military spending. johnson said quote at the suggestion, i winced. my reaction was i don't want to see those two things combined. he asked the president about it on the phone the next daynd claims the president denied such an arrangement. chuck todd asked the senator about it on "meet the press". >> why
. >> reporter: responding to that gop criticism, president trump excoriated mitt romney on twitter with belittling tweets, but he has not done the same for ben sasse and susan collins, at least not yet, and that may be because both are up for re-election and hitting them could actually help democrats. ayman. >> our thanks to kelly o'donnell for that report. >> republican senator ron johnson thought he was helping the president when he told "the wall street journal"...
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romney is 49/47 in the gw survey. both sort of paint the same picture. >>> all right. president obama is staying out of sight. they are focusing less on substance and more on style. joining me on behalf of the obama campaign, mr. mare, you are not shy. i've moderated a town hall with you, actually, during the convention. you weren't shy at all. what's your concern about the president? if you were giving the president advice, what would you be telling him? >> don't overcorrect. you can over correct. the president has severe ring rust you know what it's like being around the president. he's really not accustomed to people talking to him the way romney did after three years of running the country. i compare it to the ali fight of 1971 and frasier knocked him down. history remembers winners. he can overcorrect and he needs to predict not his likability so much. it's a very important quality but the president will do what is needed. that's why he's been down for the last few days. he understands that this is important. and it's really important to the base, chuck. while i t
romney is 49/47 in the gw survey. both sort of paint the same picture. >>> all right. president obama is staying out of sight. they are focusing less on substance and more on style. joining me on behalf of the obama campaign, mr. mare, you are not shy. i've moderated a town hall with you, actually, during the convention. you weren't shy at all. what's your concern about the president? if you were giving the president advice, what would you be telling him? >> don't overcorrect....
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when all is said and done, both will raise in excess of three quarters of a billion dollars. is is this -- how do people keep the morale up when they up against this money thrown against them. >> this has been a degenerating system in the last 40 years of life. we have seen it cycle by cycle getting worse. voters so far, look at this as a process issue. maybe we're at a tipping point, but so far -- >> let's watch this. >> politics is dirty and corrupt, there's a lot of money, i don't care. >> i don't carry a torch for santorum, and gingrich was interesting, they were not 9/11 the race because of this money. money ran those primaries. >> the election is becoming, and john is right, it's been going on for decades, but we're getting to the curve where it goes to hyper speed. their venting billionaires that can come in and tilt the balance -- there are a whole bunch of others. at a moment's notice theyç sav super pac friend saved his butt, kept newt in the game longer than otherwise he would. having impact, and this is is befo before we get to the general election. you take six
when all is said and done, both will raise in excess of three quarters of a billion dollars. is is this -- how do people keep the morale up when they up against this money thrown against them. >> this has been a degenerating system in the last 40 years of life. we have seen it cycle by cycle getting worse. voters so far, look at this as a process issue. maybe we're at a tipping point, but so far -- >> let's watch this. >> politics is dirty and corrupt, there's a lot of money,...
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is team romney trying to have it both ways? sf >> they are. the argument they make is president obama and his health care law ended up cutting $700 billion from medicare. we can muddy up the waters here that that's our defense. it actually turned out the ryan budget plan assumes all of those same medicare cuts. that became tricky terrain for the romney campaign. so they've tried to create some distance with paul ryan's budget. really the first evidence of that kind of trying to have some daylight between the ryan budget and what mitt romney wants to do. >> you know, mark, we've been talking about tomorrow. 1.8 million undocumented young people may be able to come out from the shadows for the first time. is this going to have an impact, do you think, in states like florida, nevada, new mexico, texas, et cetera. >> jose, you and i have been talking about whether the democrats and president obama can get that enthusiasm from latino voters. i do think the obama campaign is hoping that that announcement as well as everything that they were doing in
is team romney trying to have it both ways? sf >> they are. the argument they make is president obama and his health care law ended up cutting $700 billion from medicare. we can muddy up the waters here that that's our defense. it actually turned out the ryan budget plan assumes all of those same medicare cuts. that became tricky terrain for the romney campaign. so they've tried to create some distance with paul ryan's budget. really the first evidence of that kind of trying to have some...
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